Problematic how tough talk by scientific advisors seems detached from practical challenges of implementing action. Cognitive dissonance in which demands on the public made by the state seem detached from the ability of the state to enforce demands in everyday life https://twitter.com/instituteforgov/status/1307984729623457792

Scientific advisors demanding "x must happen" without really engaging with the precise processes and resources needed to enable state and society to make x happen risk leading to repeated cycles of threats and predictions that have less and less impact on public behaviour

Rather than seeing Coronavirus as just a health crisis, it is worth understanding it as a wider civil defence crisis that requires expertise from scholars who have detailed understanding of state resources, institutional processes and public dynamics needed for sustainable policy